Before downloading any of the posters please read the following:

Working with Virginia teachers over the past several years, I found that many wanted help locating resources which would facilitate their teaching the Virginia social studies standards.  After giving this much thought, I came up with the idea of creating mini-posters for classroom use.  I developed a few for kindergarten and shared my idea with teachers.  The overwhelming response was positive, so I created a complete kindergarten set and gave copies to a few teachers to field-test.  Word spread and soon teachers in other grades wanted poster sets for their classrooms as well. Over time I developed poster sets for grades K-3 and Virginia studies.

When I planned the posters, my goal was to create a visually pleasing display that contained both pictures and text. I decided to include the exact language contained in the Virginia Curriculum Framework; I added no other information.  As an example, kindergarten students need to know that Independence Day is in July.  They do not need to know that it occurs on July 4th.  Thus, the poster for Independence Day does not say "July 4th", only "July."  In some cases the same image is used for a historical figure that is studied in more than one grade, but the information about the person is different.

Planning the layout and locating the images is a time-consuming process. One poster can take several evenings to complete. In several cases, the only images I could find became a bit "pixilated" when enlarged. Over time, as I locate better images, I will replace the ones that are slightly distorted.

In order to comply with fair use copyright restrictions, the posters may be used for educational purposes only.  They may not be used in any way that will result in monetary gain. Any teacher in Virginia has permission to copy them or to tell other teachers about this site. Third grade teachers might consider using the K-2 posters as a resource for review prior to testing.

Links to the poster sets follow. They can be downloaded and printed on paper, cardstock, or transparency film.  In addition, the posters can be imported into electronic presentations. Please note that each poster is a PDF file which will require a PDF reader (such as Adobe Acrobat Reader). Many Internet sites allow users to download this software for free.